Protesters arrested at senators' offices

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Eight anti-war protesters were arrested after demonstrations in the downtown Chicago offices of U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Barack Obama on Monday, officials said.

Between 10:30 and 10:55 a.m., members of the Occupation Project, a group advocating civil disobedience to protest the war in Iraq, disrupted the offices of the two senators on the 38th and 39th floors of the Dirksen Federal Building at 230 S. Dearborn St., officials said.

Four protesters at each office were arrested and charged with criminal trespass, a misdemeanor, Officer JoAnn Taylor said.